Total Crime Rate
410.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Knights Field area has the 14th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 24th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knights Field (LU2 7LD) in the last 12 months was 410.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% higher than the Central average (394.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knights Field (LU2 7LD), the main crime hotspot is near Hillside Road. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Earls Meade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Meade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Larches | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Larches | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Shires | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cromwell Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregories Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hillside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malzeard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moorland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Moorland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Moorland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Moorland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malzeard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregories Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malzeard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Studley Road | β |
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